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  My Responsibility to Lurkers- Part I

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  Masterji:

  "You were running well..."

  I was?

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  Special Dub Words That Make You Go YUK!

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  for me, the word was "loving".. great "loving" kindness.. great undeserved "loving" kindness!.

  disfellowshipping is a "loving" provision.. when the wtbts want their accolytes to swallow another bitter pill, another restriction, another rebuke, another demand on time, the buzz word is "loving".. the "loving" word, is, to the average jw, the same as the mccabe nod is to the salesman.

  the mccabe nod is used by salesman all the time to get the prospective customer to agree to something that he doesn't care for too much.

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  Englishman:

  I cringed when a PT chairman used the adjective "timely" to describe any talk on any subject by any speaker.

  or when a fellow preacher used the phrase "companion journal" to describe the "Watchtower" sidekick "Awake!"

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  Chilli Tasting

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  this is a joke for all you texan posters.

  i laughed so hard i was crying after reading this.

  hopefully, this isn't an oldie that you have all heard before.. notes from an inexperienced chili taster named frank, who was visiting texas from boston.

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  Thanks, AMarie:

  Chili is a serious subject for me.

  The jalapeno is a wonderful, tasty fruit. Some call it a pepper, although it has very little heat.

  The habanero is the pepper of choice for many afficionados. Pick a handle of nice red ones. They add good color and heat.

  Without giving my recipe totally away, I've gone through several garlic presses in the last few years.

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  My Responsibility to Lurkers- Part I

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  Your question, Amazing:

  ". But, wouldn't it be nice if by our words and actions we could contribute to the "defining moment" of a Lurker to get free of the Big-O?"
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  My answer:

  "I don't know!"

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  My Responsibility to Lurkers- Part I

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  Englishman,

  One of many impediments to my becoming a true Brit would be my stubborn refusal to accept croquet, I mean cricket, as a sport.

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  My Responsibility to Lurkers- Part I

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  Amazing,

  For over four decades I was in the business of influencing beliefs by my words and attempting to "adorn" those words by impeccable conduct.

  Although basically the same person, I am now out of that business.

  Thank you for your observations.

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  My Responsibility to Lurkers- Part I

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  To whom were you addressing that conjunction, ISP?

  Please elaborate.

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  My Responsibility to Lurkers- Part I

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  Theocratic Oddities

  by picosito in

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  *** when asked why she is reading some publication during the meeting instead of paying rapt attention to her husband speaking from the platform, the c.o.

  's wife responds, "oh what the heck, i hear that talk over and over.".

  *** when brother prominent elder is asked why he keeps having business dealings with brothers in the congregation (he thus causes lots of problems that the boe has to keep wasting time on), he replies, "well, we all have to make a living.".

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  interesting, Terafera:

  ". Looking at the back of my Watchtower..' what paragraph are we on? Okay, and there is 18 paragraphs.. so it will be over in 15 minutes!! WOOHOOOOOOOOO!'"
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  I developed certain techniques as a kid that I used for 40+ years. Frequently, I kept a running total of the percentage of paragraphs already covered. For example, in a 20 paragraph article, each was worth 5 percentage points. After finishing par. 12, you were at the 60% completion point.

  Sometimes I would run a line from the top of the Watchtower down a page between words, using the shortest possible route. Or pick a word and start at the top of the page looking for each individual letter. Then, pick another word and see which words is lettered first.

  During Bible flipping, no teaching style Public Talks, I tended to get lost in the context. Or go to the concordance in the back looking for a more interesting subject. Of course, if I were the chairman, I had to be alert if the speaker was winding down, so I could thank him for his wonderful information.

  Sorry, guess I'm taking this thread off on a tangent.

  Britney Spears?

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  WHO WAS THE MOST SCANDOLOUS JW E V E R!!!!

  by QUEENIE in

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  thanks l i s a for your helf...as a youngun i was disf.

  2xs and on public reproof 3xs before 21 yrs...then 10 yrs ago i did it to myself dissassociated..lisa was never babtized so the babe does not count as far as the organizational rules and regulations are concerned..gossip had it in the glendale, ca.

  congregation i linda kersey was forward and aggressive and oversexed before age 14 and i was still a virgin--age 15 then i made good the gossip mostly with the worldly dudes..got hitched to lisas pappy now decd and another story and chapter in my book the one i aint writ yet..got unhithched when sweet lisa was about 7 yrs old..have been celibate and single mumy since--22 yrs now..i sleep in a single bed alone--i made my bed now i must sleep in it..that is the way iy is folks..i told mine now tell yours!!!

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  BTW, Watchtower legal. . . . . You know probably one third of the story.

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